Bolivia faces a high rate of obstetric violence that puts the health and dignity of thousands of women at risk. With one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Latin America, 59.8% of Bolivian women also face mistreatment and discrimination during pregnancy,...
The Director of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Gender and Juvenile Crimes, Alejandra Rocha, informed on Wednesday that according to the registry of cases entered in the Free Justice Ecosystem of the Public Ministry, from January 1 to June 24, there are 24,126 cases of Gender Violence related to the Integral Law to Guarantee Women a Life Free of Violence in the country.
Bolivia has registered in the last 10 years 4,804 marriages of adolescents between 16 and 17 years of age, while unions of girls between 12 and 15 years of age total 487, in addition to 458,246 pregnancies of minors, according to the report ‘Interrupted Dreams’ presented by the Ombudsman’s Office.
The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Bolivia dropped to 2.1 children per woman in 2023, according to data from the Demographic and Health Survey (EDSA) 2023, conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) with the support of the United Nations Population Fund...
For years, a minor was sexually abused by her brother-in-law, with whom she fathered two children, in Oruro. It all began when she was just 14 years old, after her sister, the aggressor's wife, convinced her parents to send her to live with them to help with the...
In the country, the number of women, aged 15-49, who opted for family planning with the use of contraceptive methods increased in the last four years, from 162,803, in 2020, to 246,436, in 2023, representing 51%.
In the country, the number of women, aged 15-49, who opted for family planning with the use of contraceptive methods increased in the last four years, from 162,803, in 2020, to 246,436, in 2023, representing 51%.
Eleven years have passed since a constitutional ruling marked an important step forward in access to Legal Termination of Pregnancy (ILE). However, gaps still exist within the country's health system. The Ombudsman's Office conducted an investigation in 2024,...
The Departmental Legislative Assembly of Santa Cruz authorized the disbursement of Bs 8 million for the construction of a shelter for women and children victims of violence. The project is implemented in compliance with National Law No. 348 and allows for a rapid...
La Paz, April 24, 2025 (ANF) – Beatings in sensitive areas of the body, deprivation of food and water, death threats and rape with objects are some of the tortures that are still practiced in Bolivia against people in police custody.
La Paz, April 20, 2025 (ABI) – Accompanied by severe pain in her lower abdomen, she got her first menstruation when she was barely 12 years old. When she discovered that her underwear was stained with blood, she was frightened and ran to tell her mother.
The lack of comprehensive sexuality education and specific regulations are pending tasks in Bolivia against teenage pregnancy, a problem that in official figures reports decreases, but which is still a cause for concern due to the number of cases that still occur and which mainly involve girls under 14 years of age.
In Bolivia, an average of 19 reports of sexual violence against minors are registered every day. In 2024 alone, 6,868 cases of child sexual abuse and 38 infanticides were reported, according to official data.
La Paz, April 8, 2025 (ANF).- The Bolivian Observatory of Citizen Security and Fight Against Drugs (OBSCD) presented a recent statistical bulletin, revealing a significant decrease in crimes against life during the year 2024. According to the report, these crimes
A national campaign to combat Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cervical cancer was launched on Wednesday by the Ministry of Health. The goal is to vaccinate at least 90% of girls and adolescents between 10 and 15 years of age in the country against HPV, as well as 70% of women who undergo the tests and that 90% of patients receive their treatment.
Every year, 15 million girls worldwide are married or enter into unions before turning 18. Six million of them are from Latin America. In Bolivia , “the situation is alarming,” Miguel Becerra, national gender advisor for Plan International in the country, told DW.
La Paz, March 24 (UCOM/DPB).- The Ombudsman, Pedro Callisaya, said that the application of Constitutional Ruling 206/2014 concerning the Legal Termination of Pregnancy (ILE) in the Short-Term Health Management Entities.
Maternal death in Bolivia continues to be one of the most invisible tragedies facing the health system, especially in rural and remote areas of the country.
The Director of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Gender-Based Crimes, Alejandra Rocha, together with the Director of the Institute of Forensic Investigations (IDIF), Katherine Ramírez, promoted the Technical Roundtable on Health and Sexual Violence, which brought together different organizations and key institutions in the care and protection of victims, with the aim of improving the care of sexual assault incidents in the country.
La Paz, Bolivia. Gender-based violence remains a persistent crisis in Bolivia, with more than 40,000 complaints annually, according to data from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, despite a slight decrease in femicides since 2018.
